Hail, Ware
- When
- March 13, 10:39 AM EST
- Where
- Ware County, Waycross
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 31.217, -82.350
Reported by NWS employee working on equipment in Waycross.
Hail in Georgia, March 13, 2003
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 13, 8:50 AM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 8:50 AM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 850 AM EST THU MAR 13 2003 PUBLIC...SEVERE WX ONGOING OVER OFFSHORE WATERS JUST N OF WARM FRONT AND HEAD OF APPROACHING MID LVL VORT MAX WHICH IS FIRING CONVECTION ACRS THE EASTERN FL PANHANDLE. HAD REPORTS OF DIME AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ACRS ST JOHNS AND PUTNAM COUNTIES FROM SVR STORM OVER OFFSHORE WATERS EARLIER THIS MORNING. KJAX 12Z RAOB CAME IN VERY UNSTABLE WITH LI OF -10 AND CAPE OF 3200 J/KG. MAY NEED TO UP POPS ACRS THE N TIER OF THE CWA WITH LINE OF CONVECTION APPROACHING AND LWR MAX TEMPS A TAD. MARINE...LATEST OBS ACRS THE WATERS INDICATE VRB WINDS FROM ONGOING CONVECTION. STILL EXPECT FLOW TO VEER SLY AS WARM FRONT LIFTS N OF THE WATERS TODAY. NO CHANGES PLANNED AT THIS TIME. .JAX... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. PUBLIC...BROYLES/CAMP
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 6:00 AM EST, 4 hours 39 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-131700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 600 AM EST THU MAR 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...RIVER FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA... AREA RIVERS WILL CONTINUE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TODAY AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA WILL OCCUR TODAY AND LIKELY AFFECT RIVER LEVELS AGAIN. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY. AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ON FRIDAY. A FEW STORMS COULD CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. AREA RIVERS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AT OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THE PERIOD. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 7:53 AM EST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
FLZ025-131330- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 753 AM EST THU MAR 13 2003 AT 800 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS SOUTHERN DUVAL COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. THE STORM WILL APPROACH THE PONTE VEDRA BEACH WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. TAKE SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. BROYLES
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 9:23 AM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
GAZ162-163-131530- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 923 AM EST THU MAR 13 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING ECHOLS AND CLINCH THROUGH 1030 AM EST... AT 923 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAYDAY TO 11 MILES WEST OF STATENVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF LAKELAND TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF JENNINGS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND STATENVILLE...MAYDAY AND HOMERVILLE THROUGH 1030 AM EST. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. CAMP
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 9:34 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
FLZ020-131515- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 934 AM EST THU MAR 13 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT HAMILTON COUNTY THROUGH 1015 AM... AT 934 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF CROSSROADS...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JENNINGS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND BAKERS MILL AND JASPER THROUGH 1015 AM EST. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. BROYLES
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 9:58 AM EST, 41 minutes before
GAZ149-150-131545- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 958 AM EST THU MAR 13 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ATKINSON AND WARE COUNTIES THROUGH 1045 AM... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM... AT 958 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 6 MILES SOUTH OF AXSON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PEARSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND MANOR...AXSON...MILLWOOD...NEEDHAM...WARESBORO...SUNNYSIDE...DIXIE UNION AND DEENWOOD THROUGH 1045 AM EST. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. BROYLES
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 10:33 AM EST, 6 minutes before
FLZ022-023-131615- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1033 AM EST THU MAR 13 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT COLUMBIA AND BAKER COUNTIES THROUGH 1115 AM... AT 1033 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 7 MILES NORTH OF SUWANNEE VALLEY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF LAKE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND LAKE CITY...WATERTOWN...FIVE POINTS...OLUSTEE AND SANDERSON THROUGH 1115 AM EST. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. TAKE SHELTER IF LIGHTNING IS IN YOUR AREA. BROYLES
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 10:36 AM EST, 3 minutes before
GAZ164-131630- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1036 AM EST THU MAR 13 2003 THROUGH 1130 AM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING INTO WESTERN CHARLTON COUNTY AND WILL MOVE INTO THE FOLKSTON...RACE POND...AND WINOKUR AFTER 11 AM. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. SANDRIK
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, March 13, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 13, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, March 13, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 13, 2003
- Wildfire in U.S. Virgin Islands, March 13, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 13, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 13, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 13, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 13, 2003
- High Wind in Nevada, March 13 to 14, 2003
- High Wind in Oregon, March 13, 2003
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 13 to 14, 2003
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5338843.